The volcanic eruption that ravaged Pompeii in year 79 is one of the most famous in history. It is known how its victims died, but how did they live? A new insight into the lives of the people who lived in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius before its cataclysmic eruption.
Every summer on Palermo's Mondello beach, over 1,000 cabins are built in preparation of the Ferragos...
The subject of this documentary is a straightforward one: presenter Andrew Wallace-Hadrill introduce...
What is true and what is false in the hideous stories spread about the controversial figure of the R...
After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lyg...
When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest miss...
A story about one of the most famous and mysterious archaeological sites in the world.
For almost two thousand years, the story of Jesus’ final days has been celebrated by Christians the ...
Johan van der Keuken went against the grain in 1980: from Amsterdam (on April 30 with the coronation...
Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar ...
Chet Baker silently wanders through an Antonioniesque landscape in a Felliniesque state of wondermen...
After the death of the paranoid emperor Tiberius, Caligula, his heir, seizes power and plunges the e...
A falsely accused nobleman survives years of slavery to take vengeance on his best friend who betray...
Come back with us to Ancient Greece, 2,500 Years ago to the original Olympic Games. The ancient Game...
At the turn of the sixteenth century, Michelangelo (Mark Frankel), Raphael (Andrea Prodan), and Leon...
Casanova, a young patriot in 18th-century Sicily, upon learning that his father and sister have been...
Titus Andronicus returns from the wars and sees his sons and daughters taken from him, one by one. S...